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Re: Is biglaw lit worth it, considering you work on really shitty cases?

Post by DildaMan » Thu Jun 07, 2018 2:20 pm

Not all cases that biglaw handle are shitty. I've been fortunate enough to have been staffed on one or two pro bono matters every year. Then again, I spend more than 90% of my time fighting over curved corners.

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Re: Is biglaw lit worth it, considering you work on really shitty cases?

Post by Anonymous User » Fri Jun 08, 2018 12:38 pm

DildaMan wrote:Not all cases that biglaw handle are shitty. I've been fortunate enough to have been staffed on one or two pro bono matters every year. Then again, I spend more than 90% of my time fighting over curved corners.
Is IP really that easy? Are all the issues curved corner level of intellectual rigor? I want to switch but everyone in IP comes from an intense science background. Not sure I could keep up.

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Re: Is biglaw lit worth it, considering you work on really shitty cases?

Post by DildaMan » Mon Jun 11, 2018 11:43 am

No, I am being facetious. However in my experience, design patents are usually not very complex. Utility patents vary in complexity depending on the subject matter.

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